Bakery counters in Zurich worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.

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Where to queue for bread and pastry

6 places

John Baker Stadelhofen

  • ★ 4.6
  • $

Order Rye sourdough

Opened 2013 by Jens Jung: organic bread freshly prepared on site daily, flour milled in-house. Olive bread, fruit bread, rye, the whole organic catalogue.

John Baker Helvetiaplatz

  • ★ 4.5
  • $

Order House loaf

John Baker's Helvetiaplatz outpost on Molkenstrasse: same organic flour, same sourdough discipline, smaller room, easy stop after the Kreis 4 market.

Confiserie Spruengli

  • ★ 4.7
  • $

Order Luxemburgerli

Founded 1836 on Bahnhofstrasse, 190 years in 2026. Luxemburgerli macarons, handcrafted chocolates, pralines, the canonical Zurich confectionery counter.

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Confiserie Honold

  • ★ 4.4
  • $$

Order Zueri-Honig-Tirggel

Confiserie Honold has made pralines and Zurich honey Tirggel since 1905. With Rennweg 53 in renovation it trades from a pavilion at the Herkulesbrunnen.

Cafe und Conditorei 1842

  • ★ 4.3
  • $

Order Hot chocolate and cake

The former Conditorei Schober, a 13th-century house spanning four floors. Run since 2019 by the Arbeitskette Foundation as Cafe und Conditorei 1842.

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